A Justice of the Supreme Court (JSC), Samuel Chukwudumebi Oseji, who has been less than one year on the apex court bench is dead.
According to Premium Times, Oseji, who hails from Idumuje-Unor, Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State, died on Tuesday, 28 September, at the age of 67 years after a brief illness.
An official of the court said the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad, had to visit him at an unnamed hospital about two weeks ago.
Mr. Oseji worked as a magistrate and rose through the ranks to become Chief Magistrate Grade I. He was appointed Deputy Chief Registrar in 1996. He was appointed Chief Registrar of the Delta State High Court in 1997.
In 1998, he was appointed a judge of the High Court of Justice, Delta State. He was elevated to the Court of Appeal in 2010.
He was among the eight Justices of the Court of Appeal elevated to the Supreme Court bench in November 2020.
He was sworn into the apex court bench by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Mr. Muhammad, on November 6, 2020.
Mr Oseji, who is married with children, has been serving in that capacity until his death on Tuesday.
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